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• The E-Sylum: Volume 10, Number 40, October 7, 2007, Article 24
  

  CANADIAN NEWSPAPERS TOUT CENT DEMISE
  

  Dick Johnson writes: "It is happening all over Canada.
  Newspapers are carrying articles stating the inevitability
  of the abolishment of their lowest denomination coin,
  the cent.
  

  "It is insidious, pervasive. I have seen dozens of such
  articles. Below is a link to one of the best from the
  Saskatoon Star Phoenix. It cites the cashiering of the
  cent by the Australians in 1992 and the New Zealanders
  earlier in 1990.
  

  "It even offers up a political reason: 'After all, we
  know Prime Minister Stephen Harper is a soul mate of A
  ustralian Prime Minister John Howard. They see eye to
  eye on world terrorism, they take a similar approach
  to climate change, and certainly Harper has borrowed
  from Howard on how to run an election campaign.'
  

  "'Can Canada,' questions the newspaper, 'be far behind?'
  

  "Maybe Americans should ask 'Are we next?'.
  

  Here's the full story from Canada: Full Story
  

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• http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v10n40a24.html

Date publiée

• 2007-10-07

Volume

• 10

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Auteur NNP

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